Dynamic speed dial number mapping

A telephone which includes:

• a determination component to determine, in response to receiving an electronic message in the form of an electronic mail message, at least one telephone number from the electronic message associated with the telephone, by parsing a body of the electronic message, and to determine at least one other telephone number from a header of the electronic message by comparing an electronic mail address in an address field of the electronic message with a directory to determine a telephone number associated with the address;
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• an assignment component operable to assign the at least one telephone number determined from the body of the electronic message and the at least one other telephone number determined from the header of the electronic message dynamically to respective buttons on a telephone, to provide respective speed dial buttons on the telephone.

A system for facilitating a telephonic response to an electronic message, the system including:

• means for analyzing, in response to receiving an electronic message in the form of an electronic mail message, the electronic message to determine at least one telephone number from the message by parsing a body of the message, and to determine at least one other telephone number from a header of the electronic message by comparing an electronic mail address in an address field of the electronic message with a directory to determine a telephone number associated with the address;
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• means for assigning the at least one telephone number determined from the body of the electronic message and the at least one other telephone number determined from the header of the electronic message dynamically to respective buttons on a telephone, to provide respective speed dial buttons on the telephone.

A machine-readable medium embodying instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

• in response to receiving an electronic message in the form of an electronic mail message, determine at least one telephone number from a received electronic message by parsing a body of the electronic message, and to determine at least one other telephone number from a header of the electronic message by comparing an electronic mail address in an address field of the electronic message with a directory to determine a telephone number associated with the address;
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• assign the at least one telephone number determined from the body of the electronic message and the at least one other telephone number determined from the header of the electronic message dynamically to respective buttons on a telephone, to provide respective speed dial buttons on the telephone.